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PSLV C31/IRNSS 1E Launch Update: PSLV-C31 Successfully Launches IRNSS-1E into the orbit.

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Use These 24 Tools to Run Your Business From Anywhere in the World

Nearly a quarter,  23 percent, of Americans  worked from home in 2014, according to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics survey. If you’re one of the lucky few that enjoys the ability to work from anywhere you like, the following tools will help keep you productive -- no matter where you are: 1. Basecamp Even on the road, you need to connect with your staff.  Basecamp  allows you to manage projects, communicate with your team and stay on top of who’s assigned to what tasks. Never be out of touch, no matter where you are. 2. Boomerang When you’re working abroad, your time zone may not be lined up with your employees or customers. No worries --  Boomerang  allows you to schedule your Gmail emails and send them out at specific times using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. 3. Dropbox This tool should be a given, but I’ll say it. When you’re working abroad, you need a virtual location to safely store documents while allowing everyone access that needs it.  Dropbox  is that solution.

Is Amazon's First Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore the Future of Retail?

Amazon Books is now open for business in Seattle. The floor is hardwood and the shelves and displays are weighed down by beautiful, physical books. It looks and smells like any ordinary bookstore. But make no mistake. It’s anything but. Amazon’s new store is the digital economy’s coming full circle -- flipping the model to tie together online and offline in a whole new way. It’s establishing land-based business on ecommerce prowess, and modeling the methodology of the next generation of retail. The rise of an online superstore Amazon is an operation born and raised online. It speaks fluent “onlinese,” and in fact has written large chunks of the dictionary. It is the biggest, fastest and most innovative force shaping the way the world has been conducting commerce in the past 20 years, and it’s seared into the collective mind as the main deliverer of ecommerce Gospel. Now a mature 20-year-old juggernaut, the Seattle store isAmazon’s first brick-and-mortar consumer presence. F

Chandrababu Naidu all set for WEF meet

Seeks to build Brand AP image Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is leading a State delegation to World Economic Forum's 46th annual meeting to be held during January 20 to 23 in Davos, Switzerland. After recently setting the stage of flow of investments with the CII Partnership Summit in Vizag earlier this month, the WEF meet at Davos is another effort at building Brand AP. Building on “Brand AP”, the Chief Minister mission at the event, where heads of state and CEOs take part, is aimed at projecting Andhra Pradesh as an ideal investment destination. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan, are among those invited from India to attend the Summit. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is the only State head who has been invited. For the WEF event on the “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” the Chief Minister will take part as a special guest and attend the session along with ministers of other countries and CEOs

ఐపిఒలతో జాగ్రత్త

ప్రైమరీ మార్కెట్‌లో మళ్లీ పబ్లిక్‌ ఇష్యూ (ఐపిఒ)ల సందడి ప్రారంభమైంది. 2014లో 1,468 కంపెనీలు మాత్రమే నిధుల సమీకరణ కోసం పబ్లిక్‌ ఇష్యూకి వచ్చాయి. 2015లో ఈ సంఖ్య అమాంతం 13,862 కంపెనీలకు పెరిగింది. సమీకరించిన నిధుల మొత్తం కూడా రూ.68,608 కోట్లకు చేరింది. గత ఐదేళ్లలో పబ్లిక్‌ ఇష్యూల ద్వారా ఇంత పెద్ద మొత్తం సమీకరించడం ఇదే మొదటి సారి. పదేళ్ల కాలానికి చూస్తే ఇంత మొత్తం సమీకరించడం ఇది రెండో సారి. 2016లో కూడా ఐపిఒ మార్కెట్‌లో సందడి కొనసాగుతుందని మార్కెట్‌ వర్గాలు భావిస్తున్నాయి. రూ.7,315 కోట్ల సమీకరణకు 20 కంపెనీలు ఇప్పటికే సెబి నుంచి అనుమతి పొందాయి. మరో 11 కంపెనీలు రూ.5,445 కోట్ల సమీకరణ కోసం సెబి అనుమతుల కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తున్నాయి. త్వరలో మరిన్ని కంపెనీలు ఐపిఒల కోసం సెబి దగ్గర తమ ముసాయిదా ప్రాస్పెక్టస్‌ సమర్పిస్తాయని అంచనా. ఇవన్నీ చూసి మార్కెట్‌కు వచ్చే ఐపిఒల్లో గుడ్డిగా ఇన్వెస్ట్‌ చేస్తే చేతులు కాలడం ఖాయం. కింది జాగ్రత్తలు పాటించడం ద్వారా అలాంటి ప్రమాదం నుంచి తప్పించుకోవచ్చు.  వేలం వెర్రి వద్దు   చాలా మంది వేలం వెర్రిగా మార్కెట్‌కు వచ్చిన ప్రతి ఐపిఒకి దరఖాస్తు చేసి చేతులు కాల్చుకుంటుంటారు.

What are the top global risks for 2016?

From the environment to international security and the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum’s  Global Risks Report 2016  finds risks on the rise in 2016. In this year’s annual survey, almost 750 experts assessed 29 separate global risks for both impact and likelihood over a 10-year time horizon. The risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016 was found to be a  failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation . This is the first time since the report was published in 2006 that an environmental risk has topped the ranking. This year, it was considered to have greater potential damage than  weapons of mass destruction  (2nd),  water crises  (3rd),  large-scale involuntary migration (4th) and  severe energy price shock  (5th). The number one risk in 2016 in terms of likelihood, meanwhile, is  large-scale involuntary migration , followed by  extreme weather events  (2nd),  failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation  (3rd),  interstat

What is the theme of Davos 2016?

Over 2,500 leaders from business, government, international organizations, civil society, academia, media and the arts will participate in the  46 th  Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum  in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, on 20-23 January. The theme of the Meeting is “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. Earlier Industrial Revolutions advanced human progress through new forms of power generation, mass production and information processing. Building on a ubiquitous and mobile internet, smaller, cheaper and more powerful sensors, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is distinct in the speed, scale and force at which it transforms entire systems of production, distribution, consumption – and possibly the very essence of human nature. “There are many challenges in the world today, and I feel that one of the most intense and impactful will be shaping the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ – driven by the speed, the br

Who's coming to Davos 2016?

Over 40 heads of state and government, as well as 2,500 leaders from business and society will convene at the  46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, from 20 to 23 January in Davos-Klosters , Switzerland, under the theme, Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution . Critical current challenges, such as  security ,  climate change  and  “new normal” global growth and commodity prices,  are among the issues on the agenda. The Co-Chairs of the Annual Meeting 2016 are:  Mary Barra,  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company;  Sharan Burrow , General-Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC);  Satya Nadella , Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation;  Hiroaki Nakanishi , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi;  Tidjane Thiam , Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse; and  Amira Yahyaoui , Founder, Al Bawsala and Global Shaper. "The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the fusion of technologies across the physica